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A Short History of the World, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work, and hence their text is clear and readable. This remarkable volume falls within the genres of History General and Eastern Hemisphere
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9789357937245 |
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Publisher: | Alpha Edition |
Publication date: | 12/20/2023 |
Pages: | 360 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d) |
About the Author
H.G. Wells was a professional writer and journalist, who published more than a hundred books, including novels, histories, essays and programmes for world regeneration. Wells's prophetic imagination was first displayed in pioneering works of science fiction, but later he became an apostle of socialism, science and progress. His controversial views on sexual equality and the shape of a truly developed nation remain directly relevant to our world today. He was, in Bertrand Russell's words, 'an important liberator of thought and action'.
Date of Birth:
September 21, 1866Date of Death:
August 13, 1946Place of Birth:
Bromley, Kent, EnglandPlace of Death:
London, EnglandEducation:
Normal School of Science, London, EnglandTable of Contents
Chapter I. | The World in Space | 9 |
Chapter II. | The World in Time | 11 |
Chapter III. | The Beginnings of Life | 13 |
Chapter IV. | The Age of Fishes | 15 |
Chapter V. | The Age of the Coal Swamps | 18 |
Chapter VI. | The Age of Reptiles | 21 |
Chapter VII. | The First Birds and the First Mammals | 24 |
Chapter VIII. | The Age of Mammals | 27 |
Chapter IX. | Monkeys, Apes, and Sub-Men | 30 |
Chapter X. | The Neanderthaler and the Rhodesian Man | 33 |
Chapter XI. | The First True Men | 38 |
Chapter XII. | Primitive Thought | 41 |
Chapter XIII. | The Beginnings of Cultivation | 44 |
Chapter XIV. | Primitive Neolithic Civilisations | 48 |
Chapter XV. | Sumeria, Early Egypt and Writing | 53 |
Chapter XVI. | Primitive Nomadic Peoples | 56 |
Chapter XVII. | The First Sea-Going Peoples | 59 |
Chapter XVIII. | Egypt, Babylon and Assyria | 63 |
Chapter XIX. | The Primitive Aryans | 67 |
Chapter XX. | The Last Babylonian Empire and the Empire of Darius I | 71 |
Chapter XXI. | The Early History of the Jews | 75 |
Chapter XXII. | Priests and Prophets in Judea | 80 |
Chapter XXIII. | The Greeks | 83 |
Chapter XXIV. | The Wars of the Greeks and Persians | 87 |
Chapter XXV. | The Splendour of Greece | 90 |
Chapter XXVI. | The Empire of Alexander the Great | 93 |
Chapter XXVII. | The Museum and Library at Alexandria | 96 |
Chapter XXVIII. | The Life of Gautama Buddha | 100 |
Chapter XXIX. | King Asoka | 104 |
Chapter XXX. | Confucius and Lao Tse | 105 |
Chapter XXXI. | Rome comes into History | 109 |
Chapter XXXII. | Rome and Carthage | 113 |
Chapter XXXIII. | The Growth of the Roman Empire | 117 |
Chapter XXXIV. | Between Rome and China | 126 |
Chapter XXXV. | The Common Man's Life under the Early Roman Empire | 129 |
Chapter XXXVI. | Religious Developments under the Roman Empire | 134 |
Chapter XXXVII. | The Teaching of Jesus | 139 |
Chapter XXXVIII. | The Development of Doctrinal Christianity | 144 |
Chapter XXXIX. | The Barbarians break the Empire into East and West | 147 |
Chapter XL. | The Huns and the End of the Western Empire | 151 |
Chapter XLI. | The Byzantine and Sassanid Empires | 155 |
Chapter XLII. | The Dynasties of Suy and Tang in China | 159 |
Chapter XLIII. | Muhammad and Islam | 161 |
Chapter XLIV. | The Great Days of the Arabs | 164 |
Chapter XLV. | The Development of Latin Christendom | 168 |
Chapter XLVI. | The Crusades and the Age of Papal Dominion | 176 |
Chapter XLVII. | Recalcitrant Princes and the Great Schism | 183 |
Chapter XLVIII. | The Mongol Conquests | 190 |
Chapter XLIX. | The Intellectual Revival of the Europeans | 195 |
Chapter L. | The Reformation of the Latin Church | 202 |
Chapter LI. | The Emperor Charles V | 205 |
Chapter LII. | The Age of Political Experiments; of Grand Monarchy and Parliaments and Republicanism in Europe | 212 |
Chapter LIII. | The New Empires of the Europeans in Asia and Overseas | 221 |
Chapter LIV. | The American War of Independence | 226 |
Chapter LV. | The French Revolution and the Restoration of Monarchy in France | 230 |
Chapter LVI. | The Uneasy Peace in Europe that followed the Fall of Napoleon | 237 |
Chapter LVII. | The Development of Material Knowledge | 241 |
Chapter LVIII. | The Industrial Revolution | 248 |
Chapter LIX. | The Development of Modern Political and Social Ideas | 251 |
Chapter LX. | The Expansion of the United States | 260 |
Chapter LXI. | The Rise of Germany to Predominance in Europe | 267 |
Chapter LXII. | The New Overseas Empires of Steamship and Railway | 269 |
Chapter LXIII. | European Aggression in Asia and the Rise of Japan | 274 |
Chapter LXIV. | The British Empire in 1914 | 278 |
Chapter LXV. | The Age of Armament in Europe and the Great War of 1914-18 | 280 |
Chapter LXVI. | The New Order in Russia | 285 |
Chapter LXVII. | The League of Nations | 292 |
Chapter LXVIII. | The Failure of the League of Nations | 296 |
Chapter LXIX. | The Crisis of Human Adaptation | 307 |
Chronological Table | 311 |
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